Myoenji Yakushi Ijuin

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Myooenji 妙円寺 Myoen-Ji, Ijuin
法智山 Hochizan 妙円寺 Myoenji

鹿児島県日置市伊集院町徳重521 / Kagoshima, Hioki city, Ijuin town, Tokushige

The main statue is 釈迦牟尼仏 Shaka Nyorai.

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One of the grandest events of Kagoshima is the annual Myouenji Pilgrimmage (妙円寺詣り Myōenji mairi), where ordinary folk don samurai armour and walk either 10km or 20km on the 4th Saturday of October,
ending at 徳重神社　Tokushige Shrine.
Plenty of people also show up in ordinary clothes to participate.
The reason for this is tied to 島津義弘 Shimadzu Yoshihiro.

One famous feat of Shimadzu Yoshihiro was his decision during the great Battle of Sekigahara.
On 21 October 1600, he decided to escape with his band of 1,500 men not by avoiding the 30,000-strong enemy, but by charging through their midst and executing a magnificent retreat plan after breaking through enemy lines.
After that year, the Shimadzu warriors would march a 40km round trip from Ijuin to Myoenji Temple each year on the night before, in remembrance of that fateful day and to strengthen themselves physically and mentally.
In 1869, Myoenji Temple was destroyed in the wave of Buddhist expulsion sentiment that swept through Japan,
and was rebuilt as Tokushige Shrine.

- source : japanrailtimes.japanrailcafe.com ...

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shuin　朱印 stamp

omamori　お守り amulets

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- Yearly Festivals 年中行事 -

4th Saturday of October

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Myōenji mairi 妙円寺詣り Myoenji Pilgrimmage

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- - - - - Homepage of the temple
- source : myoenji.jp ...
- source : oyakushi.com ...
- reference source : nippon-reijo.jimdofree ... -

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This temple is Nr. 26 of the pilgrimage
. 49 Yakushi Temples in Kyushu 九州四十九薬師霊場 .

. 薬師如来 Yakushi Nyorai Bhaisajyaguru .
the Buddha of Medicine and Healing

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Shimazu Yoshihiro 島津義弘 (1535 – 1619)

He was the second son of Shimazu Takahisa and the younger brother of Shimazu Yoshihisa.
Traditionally believed to be the 17th head of the Shimazu clan, he was a skilled general during the Sengoku period who greatly contributed to the unification of Kyūshū.
He had been a willing and skillful general under Toyotomi Hideyoshi.
He died in 1619 and several of his retainers who had fought alongside him followed him by committing suicide.
- more in the wikipedia -

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